i checked it out last year. >>> they're not going to raise taxes, they say, but we turned to a former mayor. the first question is, what do you think of labor and other interests? are they going to give up their power? >> oh, no. not after spending millions of dollars, they're going to flex their muscles. they've already said they're going to make it more difficult for municipalties to declare bankruptcy, increase environmental policies and make it more difficult for single individuals to put things on the ballot. >> so they have the option of rewriting the rooms, whether it rules. >> all those are really small steps. they really should take the power they currently have and redo the whole operation of the city of california so we're not burdened in the craziness of the process. it's got in business in a democracy. we should be about referendum and recall. >> you've been watching the governor, and he may be the state's leading conservative by the time this is over. >> he's standing there with his finger in the dike. he's made a lot of promises to get the business community not to oppo